Lenovo IdeaPad S210 Touch Speaker Replacement

Schritt 1

Ensure your device is unplugged and shut down.
Place the laptop down with the cooling vents facing upwards.

Schritt 2

Use your finger to slide the latch towards the unlocked position (away from the other latch). If done correctly you will see red.
Slide the second latch to the unlocked position while gently pulling the battery away from the laptop.

For the picture displaying the two slide latches maybe demonstrate the direction they need to slide

Christopher Graveline - 30/07/19

Which direction should you pull the battery? (e.g., away from the device).

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 3

Using the #0 Phillips screwdriver, remove the nine 4mm screws on the back panel.

I think you can remove the caution, since it was removed in the previous step.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Make sure to write the last sentence as a complete sentence.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 4

Gently pull the two rubber feet closest to battery away from the device. Using a #0 Phillips screwdriver, remove the 5mm screw under each rubber foot.

Specifying the tool used would be a great addition to this step.

Vanessa Onyullo - 30/07/19

I agree, and I also think you want to add action shots here.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 5

Slowly begin working your plastic opening tool along the panel to undo the latches around the laptop.

Schritt 6

Remove both antenna wires by pulling upwards gently.

Consider adding an action shot here. Also, use circles only for screws, and boxes for other elements.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 7

Using the #00 Phillips screwdriver, remove one 3mm screw from the network card.

The 00 screw driver worked better for this step.

Vanessa Onyullo - 30/07/19

Add screwdriver to the text above, here.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 8

Slide Wi-Fi network card away from motherboard and remove gently.

This is another place where an action shot would help.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 9

Using a #0 Phillips screwdriver, remove the four 4mm screws that secure the hard drive bracket to the motherboard.

Locate step should be removed here. Also be sure to check punctuation and capitalization on all steps. Here, locate hard drive is a sentence, so end with a period, and hard drive doesn’t need to be capitalized.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 10

Slide your hard drive away from your motherboard until fully removed.
Be careful not to snag any wires routed along the battery side of the hard drive.

Do you have any pictures that show the wires you’re talking about?

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 11

This step is only necessary if you are swapping your old hard drive for a new one.
Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove four 2.5mm screws, two per side, to release the hard drive from its mounting bracket. These screws are directly next to each mounting screw you removed previously.
Install the mounting brackets onto the new hard drive during reassembly.

Only 1 of the 4 screws is marked.

Jonathan Beasey - 30/07/19

Agreed—I also think an intermediary step might be helpful that shows what it looks like before you start sliding. Is there a specific direction you have to slide?

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 12

Many of the wire connections to the motherboard are secured by tape for vibration protection. Your device may or may not have this tape.
If any tape is present, remove all tape from the area within the red area.

Remember to remove locate steps.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

In the motherboard guide, the hard drive is appearing here, but you said to remove it in the previous step.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 13

Using a #0 Phillips screwdriver, unscrew the four 3mm captive screws securing the copper tube onto the motherboard.
These captive screws are secured by plastic washer to the copper tube and will remain in the heat sink assembly during removal.

Here, I’m a little confused. The last step was to locate the cooling fan, but now you’re working on the copper tube. I would make a shot with the box highlighting the copper tube, instead.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 14

Remove the tape connecting the copper tubing to the cooling fan.
Lift and remove the heat sink assembly.

possibly make a note informing the user that the screws can not be completely removed but they do however need to be completely unscrewed.

Christopher Graveline - 30/07/19

Is there a picture you have that shows the process of removing the tape? I think it might be helpful here. Also, remember to follow ROYGBIV.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 15

Using a #0 Phillips screwdriver, remove the three 3mm screws around the perimeter of the fan.

Consider adding the location of the screws here (off the cooling fan). I would also suggest adding an action shot with the screws being removed.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 16

Remove the wiring from the motherboard by gently pulling the wire connector at the base of the wires.
Once the wires are removed, the cooling fan assembly is disconnected. You may now remove the cooling fan.

Can you be clearer about how to remove the power cable? I would also reword the last step (e.g., Remove the cooling fan).

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 17

Your device may or may not have tape securing wired connections. If it is present, it must be removed before disconnecting cabling.
Remove four cables connected to motherboard by pulling gently on connector at base of cables.

This step could be a little clearer; perhaps by breaking it down more and connecting it to the respective pictures.

e.g: Locate the wires/ribbon cables (1st picture)

note: These cables may be….. (2nd picture)

Disconnect the wires and ribbon cables (3 rd picture)

It would be helpful if the third picture had markups

Vanessa Onyullo - 30/07/19

I agree with the above comment.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 18

Use a spudger to lift the connector lock to the small ribbon cable attached near where the cooling fan was located.
After unlocking the connector, gently pull the removal tab on the ribbon cable to remove completely.

Schritt 19

Using a #0 Phillips screwdriver, remove the seven 3mm screws securing the motherboard to the chassis.

Schritt 20

Slowly tilt the motherboard forward so you can access the bottom.

Only use the circle markup for screws.

Jonathan Beasey - 30/07/19

The third picture here is blurry—do you have a clearer version? I also think a clearer shot of where and how to remove the ribbon cables would be helpful—consider using this as its own step. Also, watch capitalization.

Alex Watkins - 31/07/19

Schritt 21

Using a spudger, remove the smaller of the two ribbon cables by lifting on the black connector.
Once connector is lifted, gently pull on the ribbon cable to remove it.

Schritt 22

Remove the second (and last) ribbon cable from the motherboard by gently pulling on the blue pull tab.
Lift and remove motherboard from laptop chassis.